Dear readers, This blog post has been a long time coming. It’s about my adulting existential crisis and my struggle to climb this proverbial hump in my life. The last two years, I have not shared much on the blog because I…
Personal Growth
On May 25, 2020, a white police officer in Minneapolis killed a black man for allegedly using a fake $20 bill at a convenience store. At a time when we were all staying at home, everyone saw a video recording of…
I imagine myself looking back at this blog post years from now and wanting to get some answers from 2020 Shelly. Before you jump into this post, I want to caveat that I am not a doctor, not a scientist…
There is no way for me to write a post about COVID without being extremely angry. But I’m going to take a step back and take us back to March. Before I write a post about COVID and how that’s…
This picture of my turnip harvest says it best. 2020 has not lived up to its hype and expectations. Here I was, expecting 2020 to be epic AF but it’s feeling like a dud. It’s been 5 months since someone…
Originally, I was going to use this post as a way to share a few things I wanted to remember from the year, similar to my 2013 year in review. “Here’s some places I traveled to, restaurants we ate at” –…
Note: I debated if I should publish this blog post since most of my posts lately have been so emo.Instead of spiraling into the dark hole of self doubt, I pinged a friend: “Should I delete this emo ass blog…
33. That has a nice ring to it don’t you think? You know, honestly, I’ve been sitting here for the last 15 minutes trying to figure out what to write for this blog post when I came to the realization…
